Kim Jong-un and scientists applaud after the successful test of intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14.
KCNA/Reuters
The international community has been trying to stop North Korea from developing long-range missiles for decades. So how did North Korea get one?
Oxfam’s Big Heads depict G20 leaders take part in protests ahead of the G20 summit in Hamburg.
Fabian Bimmer/Reuters
G20 meetings are usually bland, tightly-scripted affairs. Donald Trump has changed all of that with his retrenchment on climate change, free trade and internationalism.
AAP/Lukas Coch
The University of Canberra’s Michelle Grattan and Frances Shannon discuss the week in politics.
Chinese President Xi Jinping may be the only person able to rein in North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, Michael Dinneen
China is North Korea’s biggest trading partner by far, giving the former a great deal of leverage over the behavior of its neighbor.
The US and its allies currently deploy several ballistic missile defence systems that would be used in the event North Korea actually launched an attack.
Reuters/KCNA
Intercontinental ballistic missiles, such as the one tested by North Korea this week, fly far too high and fast for current missile defence systems to engage with.
People watch news of missile test on a public TV screen in North Korea.
AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin
North and South Korea explained in four questions and answers.
A North Korean government picture claiming to show the country’s first successful ICBM test.
EPA/KCNA Handout
Intentionally or not, Trump’s approach to North Korea makes more sense than many people think.
Kim Jong-un’s rhetoric and action against the US and others is framed domestically as the heroic defiance of an evil enemy.
Reuters/KCNA
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s rhetoric and actions is brinkmanship, aimed at maintaining his domestic grip on power.
An unverified photo of the ballistic rocket test-fired on May 30 released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency.
KCNA via Reuters
Game theory applies to conflict and cooperation within competitive situations.
Testing.
EPA/KCNA
Pyongyang’s latest missile test sparked a surprising reaction from the Russian leader.
Shinzo Abe has made his clearest statement yet on his ambition to alter the pacifist Article 9 of Japan’s Constitution.
Reuters/Peter Nicholls
Shinzo Abe may have kickstarted the debate on constitutional change with high hopes for success. But the outcome in 2020 is anything but certain.
Supporters of presidential candidate Moon Jae-in.
REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
North and South Korea explained in four questions and answers.
South Korea’s Moon Jae-in victorious on May 9, 2017.
AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon
An aggressive neighbor to the north, a sputtering economy at home – and two more thorny issues facing South Korea’s new president.
Moonrise.
EPA/Jeon Heon-Kyun
Since the late 1970s, East Asia has seen fewer deaths in conflict than any other continent. Can it keep the peace?
Moon Jae-in is expected to win the May 9 presidential election.
Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters
Balancing domestic expectations and delicate relations with neighbours while trying to deal with North Korea’s race to become a nuclear power will make for a challenging five-year term.
North Korean leader Kim Jung-un inspects an outpost and Jangjedo defending force.
REUTERS/North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA)
A scholar who has profiled the likes of Saddam Hussein and Vladimir Putin says there is a method to understanding the madness.
Moon Jae-in (L) seems to be outpacing his rivals.
EPA/Chung Sung-Jun
Seoul’s Blue House looks set to host its first liberal president in a decade.
Next week, Malcolm Turnbull will have his first face-to-face meeting with US President Donald Trump in New York.
Seismic waves observed in South Korea after North Korea claimed it tested a hydrogen bomb on January 6 2016.
Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters
The key question is whether North Korea does have nuclear weapons that it can readily use against the United States and its regional allies, South Korea and Japan.
Lukas Coch/AAP
As North Korea continues to antagonise the US and its allies, the prospect of war hangs in the air.